BUIES CREEK, NC – Sophomore catcher Tyler Stockwell (LaPlata, MD/LaPlata High School) had a career day at the plate to lead the Rider University baseball team past Campbell, 13-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Jim Perry Stadium.

The Broncs (5-11) snapped an eight-game skid with the victory, while the Camels (7-10) saw their three-game home winning streak come to an end.

Stockwell had a monster day, going 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBIs. He recorded his second multi-hit game of the season and the second one of his young career.

After Campbell opened the scoring in the first, Stockwell gave a Rider a lead it would not surrender with a two-run double to left field. His one-out, two-bagger gave the Broncs and junior starter CJ Hirschy (Toms River, NJ/Toms River HS East) a 2-1 advantage heading into the bottom of the second.

An inning later, Rider would tack on three more runs to stretch their lead to four at 5-1 after two and half innings. In the frame, sophomore Kyle Johnson (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) hit a sac fly and both Stockwell and senior Christian Estevez (River Edge, NJ/River Dell) added RBI singles.

The Broncs would break the game open with three runs in seventh and four more in the eighth. Stockwell had a big, two-run single in the seventh after a Camel error and junior Riley Mihalik (Churchville, PA/Chesnut Hill Academy) smacked a three-run, opposite field bomb in the eighth.

Hirschy was effective on the bump for the Broncs, working five innings and allowing two earned runs. He scattered five hits to pick up his first win of the spring.   

NOTES & QUOTES
"We had a solid day from our pitchers. Riley and Tyler produced eight RBIs between them. Jake Bender did a nice job from the leadoff spot with three hits. Our defense needs to be much better. – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis

- Rider is 3-9 in true road games this season.
- Campbell and Rider split their two-game series for the second year in a row. 
- Rider had a season-high 15 hits and 13 runs.
- It marked the sixth time in 2018 that the Broncs had 10 or more hits. The team has done so in two of their last three games.
- Eight of the nine Rider players in the starting lineup had a hit and four Broncs had multi-hit games.
- Rider scored two or more runs in four different innings in their most lopsided victory of the spring.

 BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- The win was the first for Hirschy since April of 2015.
- Christian Estevez also had a three-hit game for Rider. He went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored. It was second multi-hit game of the year.
- Jake Bender went 3-for-6 with two runs scored out of the leadoff position. It was his third straight game with at least two hits. Over his last three appearances he is hitting .533 (8-of-11).
- Riley Mihalik ran his hitting streak to seven games with a seventh-inning single to right field. An inning later, he smacked a three-run homer. It was his first home run of the year. He now has 98 career hits.
- It was the first three-hit game of Stockwell's career. He also added a double and a stolen base.   

UP NEXT
Rider heads across the Tar Heel State to start a three-game set at Elon on Friday, March 16. First pitch between the Broncs and Phoenix is scheduled for 4:00 pm.